In fact, in the RETRO-REMAKES forum there was a discussion about it one year ago or so. A guy asked konami for a remake of one game (I don't remember) and they say NO. So I decided not to ask them. In fact, I think that I'm not harming konami with my remake for four reasons:

1.- I'm not making money with the game.
2.- Konami is not selling the game any more, so I'm not stealing buyers from konami.
3.- I always include the Konami logo, and the original STAFF list is listed when you complete the game. Only at the end of the STAFF list my name appears.
4.- Some magazines have contacted me to include the game in the cover CD that comes with the magazine, and I've always refused (fearing Konami).

Moreover, I think that the MoG2 project cannot be affected by any Konami Copyright law, since for sure that "Knightmare 2: The Maze of Galious" is a registered name, but not Popolon, Aphrodite, etc. that are Greek gods and heros. The name of the game is not a problem, since we can call it "Galious 2" instead of "The Maze of Galious 2".

This is a typical discussion in the Remakes world... however, we should always have it in mind...

Konami may be strict with these copyrights, but not the maker of Metal Gear series - Hideo Kojima. He actually wants to write a guide about how fans can create their very own sequal to Metal Gear Solid. Here's the proof if you don't believe me.

Here's another link. It looks like Konami really suggests that their fans could program their own Metal Gear game. I don't know if Konami really is too strict with these copyrights. Actually I think that Konami remakers have asked permission from the wrong e-mail address. You can't trust at 100% to any customer service etc.

As you can see, it's written there that it's forbidden to reproduce anything from MoG in any form without the prior written consent of Konami. I don't know if this warning is still available, since the game was created in year 1987 and now days Konami hasn't done anything related to MoG (not even a port for Gameboy Advance) nor is getting any money from that game..

I think we have to make MOG2 a sort of new game with some "similarities" to Maze of Galious. In fact there are many games arround that have those similarities... BTH, Santi: what about compiling MOG2 for Gameboy Advanced? ...may be you could sell this one?

About MoG2, I was thinking also to not use the name of "Maze of Galious" for that copyrights reasons. Maybe some other title...

And about compiling for GBA, just a question: How? is there a cross compiler? Do I need special HW? I was really thinking to buy a GBA some months ago, but I don't feel like to buy it anymore, since I've realized that I can barely find time to spend in my HUGE hobbie-list...

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